Sets introduce contracts to ensure firms pay up

Chambers to demand formal agreements from firms on litigation Barristers’ chambers have been forced to draw up contracts between ­themselves and their instructing firms after ­waiting seven years for the Law Society and Bar ­Council to reach agreement on formalising how the bar is paid for its services. Historically clerks agreed verbal contracts between solicitors and barristers when accepting instructions, but the Bar Council ­introduced rules in 2001 stipulating that ­written contracts must be signed when retainers were accepted.

Sets introduce contracts to ensure firms pay up thelawyer.com Tue, Oct 27, 2009